Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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Good morning Leon.
Good morning, Joe🤗
Morning, Leon.
Had a sweet gentle picture of this with our Maine Coon, Harold (Harry Houdini), as I woke this morning. He was just like this but right next to my face. His little paws caressing my chin and cheek and purring and tucking his little head into mine.
(Folgers) The best part of waking up, is Harry filling my cup.
Thank you, Leon, for always sharing your *smiles*.
The morning just got better for seeing you again dear JWoo.😘
Thank you dear Bets. Sorry it took me so long to see your post.
Mornin’ JWoo. I hope you are well, darlin’. It turned off cold here in Texas so my tiny little black kitty curled up on top of me all last night. This was a first for her. When old Boots was still with us, she preferred to sleep in other parts of the house. Now, she’s becoming a lot more affectionate. She is the reigning Queen of the household, after all. . . We never owned a Main Coon kitty although when we lived a few streets over our across-the-way neighbor’s Main Coon kitty was a constant visitor to our house. Main Coons are famous for showing affection to their human pople and this mature old kitty was no exception. Main Coons just seem to radiate kindness toward ‘Their’ humans.
A comment about dyslexia. When I write on-line I never seem to be able to catch common, yet glaring, typos. This time it was “there” for “their” and “not” for “no”. It is only after I’ve posted and done a careful, quite slow and deliberate, re-reading of what I just wrote that I can almost reliably catch my errors. I say this knowing full-well that every job I ever had expected me to have excellent writing skills.
I found I could do the work, although I also found it expedient to be very discrete about what I had to do to get good, finished copy.
Had a a grad. advisor tell me one time I shouldn’t mention being dyslexic because people would think I was brain-damaged. He meant well and was actually trying to be kind. It was clear that he’d never had someone like me in his program. I was the very first. 🙂
There’s always mercy. I believe we all know that auto correct can play havoc on the best grammar and spelling.
I would rather sit with your kindness and decipher your writing any day… then with a narcisstic intellectual with perfect prose and endless condemnation screeching from the top of his self appointed perch.
I must confess my addiction.
I am massively addicted to the purring and head butts of my two old felines.
Bottle fed them on kitten formula as newborns.
What holy terrors they were for about ten years!
They are 16 years young— my two old girls!
Love you, Samantha💕🐾
Love you, Pansy!💕🐾
Awww Garrison, happy to hear your little black kitty is finding her space cuddling her person. They are such a catharsis. The purring is one heart speaking to another.
We’ve been blessed beyond measure by our fur children. They are certainly animals, but I believe it matters that we are stewards of their well being by Godly appointment and when you love them like that… they return that affection in spades.
Two breeds I have soft spots for Nebelungs and Maine Coon. My Nebelung, Midge, could turn a cat hater into a lover in a heartbeat. His cobalt blue hair so soft and fine and glimmering… my coworker asked for his hair retrieved from his brush so that he could make fishing lures out of it.
Interesting, J. about the cat hair – hubs makes his fish lures…
IKR? Who would have known. Obviously a fisherman!
Yes, he sleeps/breathes it.
Don’t mind though, as I wait for the fish fries, hushpuppies, Cole slaw!
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
16th President of the United States: 1861 – 1865
Proclamation 97—Appointing a Day of National Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer
March 30, 1863
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Whereas the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the supreme authority and just government of Almighty God in all the affairs of men and of nations, has by a resolution requested the President to designate and set apart a day for national prayer and humiliation; and
Whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon, and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord;
And, insomuch as we know that by His divine law nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people? We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.
It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.
Now, therefore, in compliance with the request, and fully concurring in the views of the Senate, I do by this my proclamation designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of April, 1863, as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. And I do hereby request all the people to abstain on that day from their ordinary secular pursuits, and to unite at their several places of public worship and their respective homes in keeping the day holy to the Lord and devoted to the humble discharge of the religious duties proper to that solemn occasion.
All this being done in sincerity and truth, let us then rest humbly in the hope authorized by the divine teachings that the united cry of the nation will be heard on high and answered with blessings no less than the pardon of our national sins and the restoration of our now divided and suffering country to its former happy condition of unity and peace. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 30th day of March, A. D. 1863, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State .
Abraham Lincoln, Proclamation 97—Appointing a Day of National Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203143
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I make a motion to call upon the Congress of these United States of America, to re-enact this solemn Proclamation 97. There is no separation between God and the States of men’s governments. Those who separate themselves, are the ones out of order and deviated from the truth. And it is our duty to God and man to do what we can, and what we know to be right, for the good of all men. We who have the knowledge of the True and Holy God, and are partakers of the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, are obliged to watch for the souls of our brethren and countrymen, regardless of how they stand with God. We are under Commandment to love, even as our Father in heaven loves; and setting aside a day for humiliation and fasting and prayer, for confessing and repenting and setting in order our account with God; is the way we ALL can do what we can for Jesus.
18 March Chuck Berry
(1926-2017)
American rock n’ roll guitarist and singer-songwriter (“Roll Over Beethoven”; “Sweet Little Sixteen”), dies at 90
Johnny B Good
My Ding A Ling
Roll Over Beethoven
18 March 2014 Joe Lala, American drummer, percussionist, singer (“Blues Image”), and actor, dies from complications of lung cancer at 66
18 March 2011 Jet Harris [Terence Harris], English rock bassist (Drifters), dies of cancer at 71
18 March 2006 Dan Gibson, (January 19, 1922 in Montreal – March 18, 2006) was a Canadian photographer, cinematographer and sound recordist. During the late 1940s, Dan Gibson took photographs and made nature films, including Audubon Wildlife Theatre.
18 March 2001 John Phillips, American singer and guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming), dies at 65
Solo
Wrecking Crew is backing this album
18 March 1995 Charles Drain, American soul singer, dies at 65
Lovely Garrison, Thanks for posting this again! I know I said it last time, but I really love the melancholy feeling of this music next to the atmosphere of the painting.
Thanks, Michael. I think “timing” is important when presenting these videos. I love both the music and the images so while they’re always in my “rotation” I always try to take care to not “over-play” them. The images and music are just too beautiful to be made ordinary by overplaying.
🙂 I know. Its like you just wanna pull that feeling out over and over, hoping somehow that something will stay. But is still is nonetheless, something transient like all the world we live in for now.
Even so, sometimes they are fleeting glimpses that we can’t even really identify, of something better we were made for.
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Mornin’ Patience. Backatcha’ love. 🙂
Happy Caterday, Treepers! Pet your kitties for me. 🙂
Good morning Garrison.
Mornin’ Joe. Hope you’re staying warm. Had 4 blankets and a kitty last night. 🙂
Good morning, dear soft hearted Garrison (same as we are). Somewhere out there is yours. Just have a feeling…💕
I’ve been thinking the same thing, Bet . . . on several levels. After 55 years, “alone” intrudes rather rudely on “solitude and solace”. Lots more alone than solace of late. So much so I wonder whether this will be my lot. I have women (and mercifully so) in my life, and I’m coming around to getting a mature dog to care for.
But I just don’t have “that” kind of “connection” I’ve so grown accustomed too. It’s absence is keenly felt and honestly I think that may well be my new reality for the near future. At almost 80 I’m hardly alone in this as most people in this demographic share the same experience. For instance, a dear, dear, friend—someone I’ve been especially close to for years is now so caught up in caregiving that I almost never see her.
A year ago I was in the exact same situation. At the time I knew there was nothing else that could be done. Now, knowing her so well, I know those are her feelings too. And, when that happens, drawing apart is just sadly part of the whole deal.
There are no words strong enough for me to use to express how much I agree with you, dear friend.
I realize I am headed in the same direction, though not yet where you are now. I am aware it is coming.
I rationalize this by telling myself that it is indeed the natural progression of life. I don’t mind my own company, but I am a people person, and so am so grateful for this place where I can seek refuge as my family drift further away and into busier and busier lives. It’s hard, I freely admit.
I hope you will not think it an impertinence for me to say that from my branch in this Tree I intuit that for you at this moment your situation now is still new, that your grief and loss are still fresh, that you are still living day to day with all your memories which no doubt are with you every single minute.
Taken all together and all at once, realizing your friends are experiencing similar events for this stage of life can’t help, reality though it is. I can’t tell you how sympathetic to your thoughts I am. It comes to us all, and it is not one of these things anyone warns us about, though our natural intellect understands that come it does.
Taking one day at a time sounds trite, but I feel it’s about the only way to handle where we are or are headed. Would it be helpful to begin to look for that older canine friend, who I am sure is out there just waiting? No commitment, just investigate?
Bolts of lightning strike suddenly. We never know from whence they’ll come or when. Almighty God has kept with you all these years and will not let you fall from His loving grasp now. I am certain He’s not done providing blessings for you when you’ll least expect them, be they human or otherwise.
You are such a good man, Garrison, and so loved here. I know it’s not the same as it is with friends who are physically near and who find their lives pulling away. But please use us up, so to speak, while your life now and ahead continues to take shape. There is something which, while different, be no less sustaining. I am convinced of it. With great affection…your devoted friend 💕B
(Forgive the length of the above. I was born a chatterbox without brakes.😉🤗)
Re: “chatterbox”. Bet, you are talking to a person who made a living by talking to others. Every day. For hours and hours. One of my students once told me that I “fill up all the spaces with words”. Yep. That’s me alright.
Even from a distance you’ve hit the nail (mine anyway) on the head. In all honesty I’m not the same person I was this time a year ago. Fortunately, dear friends, recognized I was about to crash and came to the rescue a few weeks ago. And yes, I know the Lord is with me still, watching over me, still. But His influence is, as always subtle. He’s now telling me to “get it together” and I clearly understand that as my Great Truth. At least for now. So . . . watch this space. 🙂
Thanks so much for you obvious care and affectionate, if necessarily at-a-distance, comments. Yes, there’s a built-in degree of deliberate abstraction about ‘net commentary. But that cannot diminish the reality of genuine intent one bit. So thanks, love. You are much appreciated from this end of the ascii continuum. 🙂
Storing that reply deep in my heart’s vault, my friend. This branch is a lifeline for me, as I know it is for you. Keep on keeping on until you meet the next God-sent blessing unquestionably on the road you are traveling. It’s a’comin! In the meantime we chatterboxes have to stick with one another😁.
Chiming in for a sec, Garrison.
Today your heart out-pourings moved me.
Wish I could help, but know that God does that best.
You may be encouraged by this two-minute clip of Pastor John Piper, whom I deeply respect.
It’s about “grief.”
I’ve watched it numerous times, as needed.
🥰 🙏🏻
https://www.desiringgod.org/embrace-the-life-god-has-given-you
Just got back on . . . Thanks so much for your kind words. 🙂
🙂
My eyes are leaking. Perfect song for all who have lost their four legged best friends. Miss you Woodrow Paul…my Jack Russell. ❤️
We had a lovely, loving Jack Russell as well, NanaB…Penny.
She was the runt of a litter. My husband chose her. Before he reached the house where this litter was, he said to himself that the first pup to make a fuss of him would be the one.
She struggled to get out of her basket but her little bottom was wriggling so hard she fell out.
And suddenly my cheeks are wet, too. I know exactly how you feel💔
…on reflection, I must edit the above. She chose him. Meant to be💕
Mine too, Nana. I miss our border collie, Sweetie, everyday now. Slowly but surely I’m edging toward finding another dog . . . or maybe that other dog, as Sweetie surely did, will find me . . . 🙂
Lump in throat, G, reminded me of this pup – a recent “rescue” available close to me.
Not sure if mixed breed, or Border Collie…
Morning, dear Della. Look at those eyes. Intelligent, saying, “Take me home, please.” Hope he finds his forever home.🙏🏻
Morning to you, dear Betsy.
it seems, to me, that the ‘rescues” have certain look of sadness in their eyes.
Possibly craving that “forever one” to love them…
happy belated birthday wishes for your sweet son.
Know you’re so proud of him.
They’ll always be our baby boy, right!
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So sweet, my sister. Thank you. And yes. Always and forever our littles. They have to be so we can keep them in our hearts and in our never-ending prayers. How right you are🤗
😭 😭 😭
(mamma language)
I speak that language.
Fluently.😘
Woof 🐶
😁 Quite right!
I think that “look” is especially poignant with dogs that have, at least at some point, known a loving owner or family. The look is one of longing. Because of their long association with humans, I believe dogs—as much as they can—have come to share human emotions like love. They know what love is and so, in it’s absence, their longing is clearly identifiable to us.
One day my wife brought home a street rescue. She picked him up from some house-painters/druggies who weren’t really interested in caring for this beautiful Siberian Husky. His name was “Chuckie” and he had some obvious rough edges.
One morning we heard fierce barking in our backyard only to discover that Chuckie had a meter-read backed against the car. His pose was instructive. It was immediately clear that at some point in his life Chuckie had received security-dog training because, while he hadn’t bitten the “intruder” he was close-guarding him in a identifiable, learned, guard-dog sitting-yet-alert position.
The meter-reader had jumped the fence into the lair of a trained security dog who wasn’t going to let him go until I said it was OK. When told Chuckie it was “OK” he immediately backed off much to the meter-reader’s relief. By the time we got him, Chuckie was an old dog who’d been on the street for a long time. He had a lot of rough edges but took to our back yard with great relish. Sadly he was only with us for a couple of years before advancing years took him from us.
Dang it, Garrison … first paragraph made me tear up and can’t blow my nose yet after surgery.
You and your beloved have really had some wonderful animals over the years, leaving fond memories.
A blessing, indeed.
Love reading your stories – perhaps you can write more “longer” recollections in future!
Sending prayers for you
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Thanks for your kind words, Della. While I love to write, I do it very slowly (At lunch the other day with a good friend, an internationally known scholar, a “real deal” emeritus prof from a big-time uni, I laughingly told him when I was starting out I want to be him) relatively shorter pieces like these are easier for me to handle. Still, since I’ve learned that I tend to be a creature- of=habit, so long as this is fun and as long as I’m welcome, I plan to be around. Prayers to you also, love. 🙂
You are a delight, Garrison, and we eagerly await your posts!
Although we don’t know everyone’s faces – or even real names – we can “see” into their hearts, somewhat, through the sharing of their lives.
You have a good heart, and you are loved – always remember that…
Della, praying for swift recovery from your nasal surgery, friend. Can’t wait until you’re healed and can breathe freely again!
Thank you kindly, friend.
Takes a little time – while God heals – but I’m patient.
Just thankful.
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Woof woof 🐶
Blessed morning to you, Della. You are a kind and gentle soul.
You’re sweet, JWoo, and miss you!
Left you post on prayer request thread several days ago.
Not sure you read – but I mean it.
Please take care, and be blessed.
🙏🏻🌷🙏🏻
Hi Della,
I’ll go find it. Love seeing you friend even if I’m reserved in posting. I have a very serious trigger here. That person made us lose our home and hurt my daughter terribly…if that trigger is truly my real life narcisstic… is a huge invasion on my comfort.
That is not a good human being… despite all their faux Christian ramblings.
Understand completely. Take your time.
We all miss you – know you’re with in spirit.
God has all in His loving hands.
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Definitely heavy on the Border Collie.
Oh my heart!
But only borrowed dogs now though so i can visit relatives far away whenever
But maybe daughter and son-in-law need this doggie
Oh Garrison! Lord BE with you, brother! (deep heavy sigh – oh so heavy) With you in Spirit.
Thanks JWoo. Our Good Lord has been with me the whole of my life. Don’t know why he still shares his Grace with me, but I try to show in my abiding faith in Him as much appreciation as I can muster.
Sometimes, aided by a warm fire, a comfortable chair, quiet house, purring kitty, and of course some good bourbon . . . I sometimes sit in pure wonder about those times when in my/our extreme need His loving presence has been felt. In those times his Grace has surrounded us and basically told us that Everything Is Going To Be Alright. And it was. Much love to you JWoo. Be well and know that Our Lord is with you also . . . 🙂
Blessings on you, dear brother and mentor. I pray protection over your home and peacefulness.
I know there’s pain through this process, but I pray the Promise given to your bride of an Eternity with our Lord in a perfect Heaven, with a perfectly healed mind and body… gives you much joy and thankfulness. There is no longer any pain for her.
As for you, the Lord Is not finished with you yet and still adventure lies ahead.
Rooting for you, brother, as we all are
Will never forget! Looks like my sweet girl – no longer with us. 😭
How beautiful!
Sorry for her loss.
The joy of having them outweighs the loss, but the loss hurts.
Thanks much, Greg.
She was a rescue who found us on a freezing cold January night.
We gave her good life, tho.
Yes, still hurts. Pets are family!
She’s talking to you in this one, Della. I can hear her from where I am. What a sweetheart. Feeling the ache with you very much.
Thank you.
Greg (above) sums it up perfectly:
“The joy of having them outweighs the loss, but the loss hurts.”
Don’t I know it…
Good morning, Miss.Della.B.
She was a pretty cat. I’m sure it must have been difficult for you when she passed.
Sorry for your loss.
Thanks, Joe, she was my baby… been gone now seven years. Time flies, right!
But we never forget. That’s why your meme prompted me.
Prayed this morn for your dear wife, and hope therapy is helpful…
blessings on you all weekend.
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Good morning Treepers
Joe, I’ll see you this stunning new morning somewhere in America,and raise you the Scottish Highlands. 😘
If I were to go there now, I would never leave. Hugs to you, Bets.
I’ve walked in the Highlands amongst heather just like that, dear friend. I was tempted not to…
Good morning Bet. Wow, that is some gorgeous scenery.
Matches your beautiful photo. We can never have to much of that💕
Love it so much, Joe. To see the Glory of our God and His Perfect Creation with the hope and certainty that His Perfection will dwell with us again. In Jesus’s Name, AMEN
Hugs to you and your bride, brother.
Good morning, JWoo. Just got back from the store.
Every day the sun rises, another gift from God. Life goes on.
Good to hear from you. Hugs back to you.
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Morning, Feisty. God bless those at the Bee who continuously shine the klieg lights on the unfathomable madness which continues to infect this world of ours.
And Lord, please rescue and protect your gifts to us from the grip of evil which has always wanted them for its own. They do not belong to it…they are forever Yours.🙏🏻
Having taught course components on self-identity and gendered self identities for many, many years I’m appalled at how politicization has so thoroughly seized an important psychological and medical issue. Sadly, there is every bit as much ignorance and outright bigotry coming from advocates as there is from critics.
The problem is rooted in our culture. Most Americans think sex and gender are synonymous when, clearly, they are not. Sex is what you look like. Gender is how you feel about yourself. Sex is biological. Gender and gendered-identities (sociobology suggests inheritance plays a role) along with self=identity itself is largely a social-construct which is formed through interaction with the life-world.
So how does all this affect the “trans phenomenon”? Since we are not born with an identity, the person we see in the mirror each morning is largely a result of social interaction with others. However, sometimes our internal wiring doesn’t work like everyone else’s. When that happens we get anomalies like gender dysphoria where a person’s gender-identity doesn’t align with their perceived, culturally assigned sex—female appearing people can gender identify as male while male appearing people can gender identify as female.
People suffering from and attempting to deal with gender dysphoria don’t deserve to be made ridiculous by critics or, perhaps even worse, to be “served” by equally ridiculous “advocates”.
When I was teaching, I worked hard to insure that my students had enough information about gendered-identities to avoid these polar extremes. My goal, hopefully accomplished, was to teach understanding about a seemingly impossible life-world conundrum. That said, the intense politicization we now see always has a hidden agenda that is only tenuously related to its claimed subject. The result is that many good, but troubled people trying to deal with gender dysphoria are doomed to be its perpetual victims. They deserve better.
And sad, too, is the veterinary profession is using “gender” on pet records now! As if!
(!!!)
Ditto…
😂😂😂
Reminds me of example here today:
First – a link to an exercise article –
Next, a post from Greg, (male) about walking –
Then, half of page posts from the women about butter, and so on.
We can get carried away a bit.
Rather comical to me!😜
The only place diversity (of comments) is a very good thing. Jolly good!!😁
Have loved the Bee for awhile – satire is the best…
There is no comeback for it. Like holding up a mirror in front the faces of those souls have been stolen so they could see how ugly they look. If only those faces would see…
They are blinded.
Only the Lord can remove those blinders.
If they will only ask.
🙏🏻
Yes….ask and it shall be given.
Hahahahaha!
Gotta love cats.
If this occurred I’m sure someone would want to ban “assault cats”.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen, amen.
Sepp: God have touched you! For more than an year I follow your notes.
Luke 18,9-14
«Have mercy upon me, a sinner»: What a publican (a public sinner) said in the Temple.
I knew the sentence. It is strong and beautiful.
Those are such beautiful words, me me!
I say them every morning after waking!
The Lord Jesus is so merciful towards us.
Full of love and compassion.
Blessings to you,
🙏🏻 ✝️ 🌷
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Amen. Amin.
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Third Saturday of Great Lent, or the Fast
Holy Martyr Conon of Isauria (+ 1st century)
Saint Mark of Athens, who struggled in asceticism in Egypt (+ 5th century)
Saint Kieran / Ciaran, Bishop and Abbot of Saighir, Enlightener of Ireland (+ 5th-6th century)
Holy New Martyr George of Rapsana, at Larissa (+ 1818)
Saint Nikolai, Bishop of Ochrid and Žiča (+ 1956), who reposed in America and wrote “The Prologue” of the Church Calendar.
Several more Saints, including Martyrs, are honored today.
March 5th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
March 18th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Michelangelo – Pieta statue Rome
One of the most beautiful and emotion involved melodies ever written… and a beautiful rendition of it… thanks, Garrison
“The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there. I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.”
~Michaelangelo~
The miracle of the mind who knew exactly where this sublime, moving treasure was within that piece of marble and how to bring it to life!!
This Pieta speaks all our sorrows and those of His Mother. It would have to be a hard heart indeed to not feel every strand of them.🙏🏻
Sorry Bj, but this story has always been told as a remark said by Michel Angelo about the broken marble bloc from where he chiselled David.
Don’t know the details, but years ago, heard someone had asked Michel Angelo how he could carve such art from solid stone.
He replied he would begin by cutting away what doesn’t look like a man. (David)
Whether true or not, makes a good story!
Regardless, he had amazing talent – all from Almighty God…
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I know this, me me. But nevertheless every sculpture he produced came from a piece of marble. I believe he was explaining how he viewed his art with every one.
Blessings to you.
You masterly lead your writings to peace. I do not take your lines as an poor excuse. For me it is your, very personal, way of seeing Life. Our Father will care of you.
Listen to Michat Lorenc in
The Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
A exceedingly beautiful Ave Maria with Michael Angelo’s Pietà in the background.
Vivaldi Storm
Congratulations, you’ve just won best post for Caturday! 🙂
Agree, phoenix – love it!
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Michael the archangel church Slovakia
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Matthew 18:20
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
Good morning, dearest molon.💕
Abba Father, bless all in the branches of this beloved Tree.🙏🏻
I’m here this morning, gathering to pray. Beautiful Molon. May our Lord Hear our prayers and COME QUICKLY as the voices call out from under the altar, “When, Lord, when?”
(Jesus)
“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.”
Revelation 22:12
He’s coming soon, J, and very soon.
Sit tight!
🙏🏻 🌷 🙏🏻
soon and very soon – Andrae Crouch
Aww, thanks!
Sent you wrong link on Impossible thread of ACrouch.
Love his testimony here, before song.
video in 1975, poor graphics, but excellent words.
SHALL I ROUSE MYSELF UP TO THIS?
“Perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” 2 Cor. vii. 1
“Having therefore these promises.” I claim the fulfilment of God’s promises, and rightly, but that is only the human side; the Divine side is that through the promises I recognize God’s claim on me. For instance, am I realizing that my body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, or have I a habit of body that plainly will not bear the light of God on it? By sanctification the Son of God is formed in me, then I have to transform my natural life into a spiritual life by obedience to Him. God educates us down to the scruple. When He begins to check, do not confer with flesh and blood, cleanse yourself at once. Keep yourself cleansed in your daily walk.
I have to cleanse myself from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit until both are in accord with the nature of God. Is the mind of my spirit in perfect agreement with the life of the Son of God in me, or am I insubordinate in intellect? Am I forming the mind of Christ, Who never spoke from His right to Himself, but maintained an inner watchfulness whereby He continually submitted His spirit to His Father? I have the responsibility of keeping my spirit in agreement with His Spirit, and by degrees Jesus lifts me up to where He lived – in perfect consecration to His Father’s will, paying no attention to any other thing. Am I perfecting this type of holiness in the fear of God? Is God getting His way with me, and are other people beginning to see God in my life more and more?
Be serious with God and leave the rest gaily alone. Put God first literally.
Oswald Chambers
March 18th Devotional
Good morning Stevie
I think I shall
“ rouse myself up “
and
“ put God first literally “
☘️🌸☘️
Have a blessed day friend ,
Literally 😊
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Good morning, dear sister💕 A work in joyous progress. There is all to hope and strive for. Blessed be your weekend.😘
Castle Hill, Canterbury, New Zealand.Southern Alps is where The Lord of The Rings trilogy and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe were filmed. The Hobbit and Middle-earth filming location.
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis
“God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.”
― C.S. Lewis
Good morning molonlabe!
Love C. S. Lewis!!! 😁 Hope your day is Blessed! 🙏✝
Good Morning molonlabe, Beautiful picture. I just finished re-reading the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This picture really brings it all into focus in the minds eye. I will now watch the movies again. The big lesson is that The Lord God Almighty WILL destroy all evil!!!
Marti
dont know quite how to tell you this . but.
you have fulfilled my exact intent .
such a good feeling in this tree
thanks marti 🙂
good afternoon fellow treeper
Good morning Treepers
☘️
It’s good to go for a walk in the forest
We are all in this forest
Together
By fate and love
But we are not separate
Some may enter our tree and flap their wings
Others settle in and on a nice branch
One cannot flap their wings without notice
We are one
We have no fear
We are on the same path
It comforts me knowing the Fathers path for us
Each of us are on our own branch , perhaps shared
In this wonderful and ever-growing tree ☘️
☘️🌸☘️
Thank you Treepers
For being here
In this tree
For us
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Well said Molonlabe…well said! 😁🤗😎
Good morn to you, Molon, and noticing you flapping your wings!
Enjoyed your words – yes, the forest can be dark and scary, but we’ll get thru.
Helping each other along, as Almighty God helps us…
🌷 🙏🏻 🌷
Woof
Woof
Morning friend
I’m a woofin and a flapping this am
Lovely day to be alive
Make today the best day of your life
Woof 😊
☘️🌸☘️
You tickle me, Molon!
And was reminded of this Scripture:
“This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
It’s our choice, right! You’re choosing the best!
Blessings on you all weekend…
🌷 🌷 🌷
You found your branch in this sheltering Tree, dear friend. I am so glad you did…Beautiful 😘
woof woof
we are family
So you are a mind reader as well? 😉
Mornin’ all!
why seek the living amoung the dead -by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
Luke 24:5-6
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
Stunning….takes away my breath…and my heart sends waves of love…💝
no dead branches here stevie
only new growth do i see 🙂
Still and always many empty branches beckoning anyone who needs a place of rest, friendship and peace. A prayer of mine from long ago answered.🙏🏻
William Dorritt
THE US HAS FAKE ELECTIONS
Fake news
Fake president
Fake courts
Fake vaccines (gene therapy)
Fake women on sports teams
Fake schools and universities, Marxist indoctrination centers
Fake federal law enforcement
Fake fiat money backed by nothing
Registration Confiscation White Genocide
The occupation govt wants to dispose of the Americans and replace them with low-IQ easy to control migrants from failed socialist $holes How can Biden or any of the other corrupt NATO governments count on the support of their people when they are constantly under attack from their own leaders?
Verse of the Day for Saturday, March 18, 2023
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“But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.”
Psalms 3:3 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, dear duchess.🙏🏻💕
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Thought I’d add one here, for the children, duchess! (source unknown)
Fella
That picture
it’s good one
I like it
Nice add
☘️🌸☘️
You know one of the bestest parts of this here tree is it’s class and style
No shortages
That’s for sure
Bring it
☘️🌸☘️
How precious…and so, so true! 🙏
If all parents could know this, Stevie…
My heart is breaking today. 💔
They may know it sis, but they might not be around to help them and to see what happens…and kids today…may become orphans down the road! But we know, Jesus loves the orphans…including us! Even though I had a mom and dad, I consider myself an orphan. This pic makes me cry…because it is so literal! 😢
I have saved it! Thank you! ❣
Your words comfort, Stevie, “Jesus loves the orphans.”
Thank you.
I, too, consider myself an orphan since both parents long gone.
Was such a strange feeling at the time when realizing there is no mom and dad.
But the Lord fills that emptiness. And He will for the children, too.
Blessings on you this weekend. I know you’re “internet-tired.”
Me, too. But laid up from surgery for a bit, so I enjoy this Tree. Much like Molon!
🌷 🙏🏻
This says it all…
Prayer of the Children – by Kurt Bestor (3:31 mins)
No words here, Stevie, only tears…
I love them all – want to hold closely and wipe their faces.
I need to pray more about this horrible evil surrounding our nation’s children!
Know we can’t help them all, but we can “each one, reach one.” For Christ.
✝️🙏🏻🥹
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I saved this so I can send it to the parents of my great grandson. He is six weeks old. Never too young to start teaching them about Jesus.
Oh the joy! – congratulations!
Children are indeed a precious gift from God.
I hope it ministers to your family – it touched me, too.
Blessings to you
🙏🏻✝️🌷
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Oh my heart….thank you, sweet sister.💕
Good morning duchess
☘️
From your first psalm
Psalm 51
☘️Create in me
☘️A clean heart
I’m still workin on that one
It’s a work in progress
☘️
Your part of the process
You bring joy
For us all
☘️🌸☘️
Not enough Amens for that one, molon.
AMEN x 6
Re-post – Is Exercise Actually the Most Effective Antidepressant? The answer appears to be yes, according to the latest research
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2023/03/re-post-is-exercise-actually-most.html
I know that even a simple walk makes me feel better in every way.
It’s a very fast paced walk, and it’s good exercise.
The article was interesting, and educational.
Years ago I learned that the necessary ingredient for the production of serotonin was good fat. You know..the fats all doctors were advising us to get rid of from our diets?
I wish I could remember the link to post. But this much was certain…
Once people started following this “advice” prescriptions for antidepressants exploded, greatly expanding bottom lines of those same Big Pharma companies which have brought so much death and misery the past three years. Funny that, no?
The benefits of exercise are doubled if one has a four legged companion alongside that walk. No possibility of overdosing there.😁
So true, Betsy! Thank God, He gave me judgment not to follow those foolish “experts.”
Always enjoyed walking – can literally feel my mood change – for the better!
(not to mention, helps get my mind sorted out)
I like the “good fats” – nuts, avocado, olive oil, etc.
Rather have that than “pharma.”
Let’s not forget BUTTER Della…love the stuff! LOL! I know you included it in the “etc.” part but it deserves its own spot! 🧈 😁
It has its own compartment in the refrigerator… That’s how special it is😁
Bahahahaha….🤣😁
It sneers at the other food. I’ve seen it!😉
Haha! Me, too!
Intentionally left it off, and yes, it was in “etc”
Big butter fans here – have a pat (or two) on muffin every morn.
Not denying myself of simple pleasures!
Had to show you, Stevie, a pic of our butter dish!
It was hub’s GM from long years ago.
During those times, butter was round instead of sticks.
We keep our butter in her dish, in her memory.
It sets on the counter – no refrigeration needed – and stays soft, ready to smear…
Precious memories…😊
💕
Beautiful. Does anyone have any idea why Anchor Hocking still sells the most absurd design of a butter dish ever sold???? A stick of butter fits perfectly but the cover is smooth, (no handle) curved and slippery as all get-out when ‘greased’. I always shake my head when I see them. I remember going to the butcher and butter shop with my grandmother where they carved as big of a chunk as you like from a huge block. (Buttery emoji)
Recently saw this same butter dish of ours at antique shop – maybe butter dishes w/ handles can be found in similar places – besides big box store?
I had one of those “slippery” butter dishes, no handle, and back in the cabinet it goes.
Sweet memories of GM are the best! Never heard of a butter shop!
Hubs has wonderful memories of local butcher shop in small town where he grew up.
Said the meat was delicious – cut to your liking.
Hard to find good flavored food of days gone by.
Even the fruits and veggies don’t taste the same.
It could just be me, tho.
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Beautiful butter dish. Brings back memories. When I dairy farmed (many moons ago), I made my own butter since I had fresh cream. It was delicious. Also made lots of home made ice cream. My husband and I one time made ice cream for the entire nursing home that was close to us. We had chocolate, vanilla, cherry, raspberry, and strawberry. Everyone loved it. Now we are the elder people enjoying many good memories.
Thank you, Marti.
Can only imagine your delicious butter and ice cream!
That’s beautiful story about making ice cream for nursing home folks.
I love doing those things!
Hubs still makes homemade vanilla ice cream with his mamma’s recipe. Out of this world.
All in family love it.
Little grands ask for it now every visit!
A dairy farm? Bet you have some good stories!
Glad to hear you’re doing well – with your walks, furry family, the woods, and most of all good memories!
Yes, it’s our turn now…
Blessings,
🌷🥰
My grandma had the same dish! I found one for myself and think of her with every pat of butter. She was the best!
So sweet, Nana – thoughts of your dear GM with every butter pat!
I know she’s smiling….
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Yep!! Lots of BUTTER on my toast.
We take four dogs and four cats on our walks. I live back in the woods so no problem with our companions going along with us. They all love going with us.
You wouldn’t know it, Marti, but I am with you in spirit on those walks😉💕
Yes to all of the above
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Perhaps large doses of the daily deliverance of desirable discourse here in tree
will help for thee
☘️🌸☘️
Happy “cartoons and cereal day” everyone.
remembering levi…
have a blessed saturday.
Good morning Cobra…
…adding Calvin…😁
Thank you juststevie, This is perfect for our memory of Levi.
Always remembering that bless-ed man, Slowcobra. Will grab a bowl in his honour right after coffee. Blessed be your day as well, my friend😘
Gosh I really miss him – yet never met!
Such a legacy he left…
🙏🏻 🌷
He brought joy to this place every morning. He had some desperate health issues which he seemingly had overcome. But he showed up each day with his faith intact and uplifting posts.
Ah well, we never know how long someone who crosses our paths in this life will be on the same road as we are.
My heart is full of people who walked with us a little while, who have left this Tree. But they remain with me every single day in my memories and hopes for their well being. And we keep their branch tidy…just in case.💕
So touching…
I, too, think back over the years of all those who have left a footprint on my heart.
We may be out of touch now, though their memory remains, gratefully.
A good reminder for us all to leave goodness behind.
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My mother always said to leave a place better than we found it…a hard if not impossible thing to do with this branch of our Tree.
Perhaps we can simply try to add to it. Surely that would suffice?😘
Your mother was full of wisdom, for sure.
I heard those words long ago – and they stuck.
It’s a very hard thing “to do.”
My example:
When in women public restroom, the sink area is usually gross-looking with water puddles.
Then, I remember those words, and wipe up another’s mess.
Not because I’m good – NO – but I believe the Holy Spirit wants me to do so.
Make sense?
I will try to do that here, hoping it will suffice!
💕🙏🏻
Perfect sense.😘
You have added so much to these gatherings, dear friend. In my mind I see us all sitting and chatting, tea poured and thin crustless smoked salmon, and of course cucumber, sandwiches on buttered bread. With little tea cakes for afters.
It’s a pleasant scenario I keep in my head💕
And that makes the whole world better…
Thank you, so kindly…it’s such pleasant place to come and enjoy all contributions.
That vision of yours sounds delightful! How fun would that be!
But who could get in a word edgewise!?
For now, I believe God has blessed many who desire good fellowship but not physically able to make it happen for whatever reason. People are scattered, busy.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!! NO ONE would get a word in edgewise. Something we’d just have to accept😁
But we’d be well fed. priorities, priorities….
😆 😆
For sure – starting with the tea cakes, yumm!
“Life is uncertain; eat dessert first.“
Good morning Slowcobra, Levi – in our hearts forever.
Morning, Marti. There really are some friends who leave deep imprints with us. Levi was one.
for levi
1932 Silly Symphony Flowers and Trees July 30, 1932
the treehouse after hours
kiss me cat
…”treehouse after hours”….hahahaha….loved it! 🤭
Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. – 1 John 3:10
What puts a smile on God’s face? Loving acts and righteous deeds go hand in hand with pleasing God. In fact, today’s verse says that if you do not do these things, you are not of God. Salvation is a gift, but the proof is in the pudding. If you have yielded yourself to the lordship of Christ, you will do good deeds and let Christ’s love flow through you.
How do you show your love for God and others? What deeds are approved of by God? Many Scriptures teach believers how to live their daily lives. Christian disciplines act as spiritual food such as fasting, prayer, worship, fellowship with other believers, and Bible study. Helping the needy rates high on God’s list with good deeds such as speaking up for the helpless, giving to the poor, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and reaching out to the displaced.
Daily kindnesses may almost seem unnoticeable but serve as opportunities to express God’s love. Words of comfort and encouragement, celebrating milestones such as birthdays and achievements, and offering a shoulder to cry on are all ways to reflect God’s caring heart.
There are many ways to put a smile on God’s face. It may be hard to imagine God smiling when you think about so many things happening in the world that do not please Him. Zephaniah 3:17 describes a beautiful picture of the Lord rejoicing and singing over His people. And Revelation 4:11 (KJV) says that people are created for His pleasure.
Pray for revival in the United States and in the halls of government, that His people will worship Him and reach out to others in the ways that please Him.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
“O for the Wings of a Dove”
Eton College Chamber Choir
~Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy~
March 18
MORNING
Mine eyes fail with looking upward. Isa. 38:14
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? Return, O LORD deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies sake. Psa. 6, 2-4
My heart is sore pained within me and the terrors of death are fallen upon me Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Psa. 55:4-6
Ye have need of patience. Heb. 10:36
While they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Acts 1:10, 11
Our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. 3:20
That blessed hope…. the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Titus 2:13
EVENING
His name shall be in their foreheads. Rev. 22:4
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep. John 10:14
The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. II Tim. 2:19
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Nah. 1:7
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Rev. 7:3
After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance. Eph. 1:13, 14
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. II Cor. 1:21, 22
I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. Rev. 3:12
This is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. Jer. 33:16
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/03/0318.html
Good morning Poyeema
Thank you friend
☘️
In return Monolab.
“Concrete and Clay”. A better time in our culture and a catchy tune.
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What about the end times…are we heading for what’s written in the Book of Revelation..? a period of tribulation, a
thousand years of darkness, Jesus’ return, the anti-christ…(I’m not clear on the exact order of these prophesized events)
My instinct is to pray for protection from the horror of the end times prophesy. If it’s prophesy, if it is going to happen..
how do I pray through it?
Lord help me pray, what to pray and how to pray, what words to use… Praise the Lord..
I might add, sometimes it is scary….everything going on. We are told not to fear. It is a battle in my
mind, a battle I win. Battles… I win.
I’m with you, Bananas… a daily struggle, sometimes hour by hour, whenever the “next” scary thought comes.
Our mind is the battlefield.
We then “remember” God’s words – and believe His promises.
He will carry us safely through – come what may…
Words to use? Many times, only ones I have are – “help me, Lord Jesus.”
He understands our frailty.
Blessings on you
🌷 🌷 🙏🏻
Beautiful reply Miss Della.B
Thank you and God bless
You, too, Bananas. It will all work out in the end
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“Change and decay in all around I see.
Oh, Thou who changeth not, abide with me.”
Pray, dear Bananas, for strength to deal with what comes. I do. I am under no illusion it will be easy, and I alternate between moments of dismay and moments of knowing this earth for us only an interlude. Hold on tight to the Hand of Almighty God and His beloved Son Jesus Christ. Picture yourself physically doing it. And remember…
He has hold of your hand tighter than you can imagine 🙏🏻
Note to Waco, Texas:
Get ready for the massive inflow of American patriots who will come to town to hear and celebrate the Greatest-Of-All-Times President Trump later this month.
President Trump will speak to supporters at the Waco Regional Airport on Saturday, March 25, 2023. It will covered by RSBN. Be there or be square. Come early, be loud and stay late.
No doubt, lines are already starting to form at the Waco Regional Airport.
Having fun in the dirt
Enjoy the day friends
Peace
☘️🌸☘️
KNOW you’re having fun!
Gorgeous pansy – looks happy. And water drops, too!
Can’t wait till my turn to play in dirt…
💐 🎍
Coming along nicely🤗
Amira Willghagen- O Mio Babbino Caro
Once Upon a Time in the West
nella fantasia
Amen.
Amen
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen
Amen.
Amen 🙏
Slowcobra and anyone else who may be interested, just saw this on Gates of Vienna. As far as I know, this is the first of his messages I have seen there.
I will repost tomorrow as a this so late now. Blessings.
https://gatesofvienna.net/2023/03/archbishop-vigano-what-we-need-is-an-anti-globalist-alliance/
Good night dear friend
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Wow betsy! Thank you! “…in support of russia…”.
I will read full story and follow up on this tomorrow… thank you again my friend.